Krack WiFi Attack Sacks WPA2 Encryption

23 Oct 2017 · 1 min

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A 2017 security alert on the KRACK vulnerability that breaks WPA2 encryption on most Wi-Fi networks. The flaw could expose any device connecting to unpatched networks, and the speakers warn against using Wi-Fi until patches roll out.

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Another day, another hack, unfortunately. Former workers say Microsoft's secret internal database for tracking bugs in its own software was broken into by a highly sophisticated hacking group more than 4 years ago. Get this, it's only the second known breach of such a corporate database. That comes after news that almost every Wi-Fi network could have been compromised. A problem with the WPA2 standard used in almost every home Wi-Fi network means that potentially any network using it could be broken into. So once that, once that's happened, anything on the network is exposed, meaning that hackers could snoop on traffic that is being sent over them.
So the thing about a flaw in WPA router encryption is that every single person on any device that is connected to Wi-Fi that's using WPA encryption, which is most routers at this point, is at risk to being hacked.
Now for that reason, be aware of using Wi-Fi at all until patches are widely rolled out.